Company X has debt to equity ratio equal to one. Its cost of equity is 10% and its cost of debt is 5%. Keeping fixed the company's capital structure, how does a cut in the corporate tax rate from 20% to 10% affect X's weighted average cost of capital (WACC)? The WACC is reduced since the tax cut makes it easier to raise finance It increases the WACC from 7% to 7.25% O It reduces the WACC from 7,5% to 7.25% O The WACC is unaffected

Company X has debt to equity ratio equal to one. Its cost of equity is 10% and its cost of debt is 5%. Keeping fixed the company's capital structure, how does a cut in the corporate tax rate from 20% to 10% affect X's weighted average cost of capital (WACC)? The WACC is reduced since the tax cut makes it easier to raise finance It increases the WACC from 7% to 7.25% O It reduces the WACC from 7,5% to 7.25% O The WACC is unaffected

Intermediate Financial Management (MindTap Course List)

13th Edition

ISBN:9781337395083

Author:Eugene F. Brigham, Phillip R. Daves

Publisher:Eugene F. Brigham, Phillip R. Daves

Chapter17: Dynamic Capital Structures And Corporate Valuation

Section: Chapter Questions

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